Gallery.Captured Axis vehicle under allied ownership.

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There are plenty of pics around showing beutewagens, captured allied forces vehicles, from WW2. But I have never seen any, apart from one, captured axis vehicle under allied forces. The pic Im thinking of is a Schwimmwagen being driven by GI's. Is there a reason for this? Was it not a done thing to drive around in captured vehicles? I know that the axis commissioned workshops to convert captured vehicles. Has anyone got any pics they care to post up?

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There are plenty of pics around showing beutewagens, captured allied forces vehicles, from WW2. But I have never seen any, apart from one, captured axis vehicle under allied forces. The pic Im thinking of is a Schwimmwagen being driven by GI's. Is there a reason for this? Was it not a done thing to drive around in captured vehicles? I know that the axis commissioned workshops to convert captured vehicles. Has anyone got any pics they care to post up?

I think the Germans used a lot of captured vehicles because they didn't have enough.

The Allies probably avoided them to reduce the risk of being shot by their own forces.

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It may be to do with the supply chains - if there are enough operational vehicles then you don't need to use others, except as a temporary convenience here and there. I seem to remember reading that allied supply chains were better than the axis equivelents.

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A lot of vehicles were left from the BEF intact, however once the allies advanced across Europe, I would expect most of the Axis vehicles would of been badly damaged during the ensuing battles. This would be due to the Air dominance the Allies had and were able to disable many of the vehicles before troops on the ground got close to them.

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I seem to remember reading that Rommel liked to have British trucks in the front line in the desert, as they didn't get bogged down in soft sand as much as the German trucks, as Britsh trucks had wider tyres.